Timothy Omer wrote: > I apologies for my ignorance, I am still new to Linux. > > How would I get cron to email me only when a virus is found, I will need > it to send the email to my external email account.
The -i flag only shows infected files. Cron only sends a mail if the command generates output. If there are no infected files, no output, hence no notification. clamscan --no-summary -i -r /path/to/dir For sending to your external account, either alias the crontab owner to your external mail address, or put something along the lines of the command below in cron, or in a shell script which cron runs. clamscan --no-summary -i -r /path/to/dir || mail -s 'virus found' [EMAIL PROTECTED] man 5 crontab. It will explain the specifics of crontabs. Matt _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
